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    • Thank you to all for your birthday wishes. I had resolved not to celebrate these things anymore but, since everyone has conspired against me, I will resort to Plan B. You've seen those bumper stickers where it's"my kid's an honor student at such-and-such a school" and then the parents get"...again" stickers for subsequent honors, right? Well, I'm 29...again.I didn't leave work until a quarter after 6 am today (Saturday) so I got home around 7:30. When I got out of the car, I was promptly...

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    • Lisa, you'll be proud of me for this. I asked for some intervention yesterday and got it. The story starts with this: several months ago, Ms. Tracy asked if we were going to start Kadie in preschool this year - she wanted to be able to plan for any forthcoming openings. I had been looking around (and had even gotten brochures for several different schools) but hadn't made up my mind yet and, when I asked Jeff, he was apparently thinking about kindergarten and said"no" as he thought Kadie was...

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    • I haven't been able to read the posts for a couple of days so I had some catching up to do. As it's 0630 on Friday morning and I have a looooooong day ahead of me, it's good to start it off with a smile.Tonight is deployment night. Hopefully, if all goes well, we'll be out of here by 12 or 1 am. We've been known to stay until 5 or 6 before, but we're trying out something new that will, hopefully, save us some time. I elected to come in early (versus starting my day at 4 pm) so that I could make...

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